Al-Shu'ala

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| name = Al-Shu'ala

| native_name = حي الشعلة

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Neighborhood

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| etymology = "Flame" or "Torch" in Arabic

| nickname = Madinat Al-Noor, Shu'lat Al-Sadrain

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| pushpin_map = Iraq

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Al-Shu'ala in Iraq

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| coor_pinpoint = Al-Shu'ala center

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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Iraq}} Iraq

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Baghdad Governorate

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| established_date = 1960

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| population_note = Predominantly Shiite Muslim (≈99%)

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| postal_code = 5789

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| area_code = +964

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| footnotes = Al-Shu'ala consists of 27 sectors including Al-Rahmaniyya, Al-Dawanim, Um Najm, and Al-Jawadain. It is home to working-class families and includes a canal known as al-Mashrou‘ (المشروع).

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Al-Shu'ala is a lower middle class district of Baghdad, Iraq.{{Cite web |last=McCarron |first=Leon |last2=Al Sarai |first2=Mohammed |date=Spring 2022 |title=The Marsh Guide and the English Explorer |url=https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/March-2022/The-Marsh-Guide-and-the-English-Explorer |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=AramcoWorld}}{{Cite web |last=Saadoon |first=Mustafa |date=2021-10-11 |title=Iraq’s elections reveal generational gap, state-society divide |url=https://amwaj.media/article/the-iraqi-elections-reveal-a-huge-gap-between-the-political-system-and-the-people |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Amwaj.media |language=en}} It is heavily populated and its inhabitants are working class families of limited income. There is a Shiite majority of nearly 99%.

Al-Shu'ala features a canal that stretches from the far east of the city to the west called al Mashrou'(المشروع) or "the project".